{"id":78295,"date":"2019-02-09T11:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=78295"},"modified":"2019-02-09T16:39:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T21:39:52","slug":"saturday-food-for-thought-john-calvin-on-psalm-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=78295","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Food for Thought&#8211;John Calvin on Psalm 73"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=cczzCQAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PT1430&amp;lpg=PT1430&amp;dq=We+no+doubt+all+agree+in+admitting+that+the+world+is+governed+by+the+hand+of+God;+but+were+this+truth+deeply+rooted+in+our+hearts,+our+faith+would+be+distinguished+by+far+greater+steadiness+and+perseverance+in+surmounting+the+temptations+with+which+we+are+assailed+in+adversity.%E2%80%9D&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=HMADE8cEV6&amp;sig=ACfU3U2tb49U2SRbc0b1LoIISEskpmzmew&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiQkIuU3angAhVGGt8KHfhKCCIQ6AEwA3oECAUQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=We%20no%20doubt%20all%20agree%20in%20admitting%20that%20the%20world%20is%20governed%20by%20the%20hand%20of%20God%3B%20but%20were%20this%20truth%20deeply%20rooted%20in%20our%20hearts%2C%20our%20faith%20would%20be%20distinguished%20by%20far%20greater%20steadiness%20and%20perseverance%20in%20surmounting%20the%20temptations%20with%20which%20we%20are%20assailed%20in%20adversity.%E2%80%9D&amp;f=false\">there<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe no doubt all agree in admitting that the world is governed by the hand of God; but were this truth deeply rooted in our hearts, our faith would be distinguished by far greater steadiness and perseverance in surmounting the temptations with which we are assailed in adversity. But when the smallest temptation which we meet with dislodges this doctrine from our minds, it is manifest that we have not yet been truly and in good earnest convinced of its truth.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cThere is nothing in afflictions which ought to disturb our joy.\u201d &#8212; John Calvin<\/p>\n<p>Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fxNqyvqLvP\">https:\/\/t.co\/fxNqyvqLvP<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidQaoud?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DavidQaoud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Calvin (@JohnCalvinDaily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnCalvinDaily\/status\/1092149003758829571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From there: \u201cWe no doubt all agree in admitting that the world is governed by the hand of God; but were this truth deeply rooted in our hearts, our faith would be distinguished by far greater steadiness and perseverance in<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=78295\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186,34,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-history","category-theology","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78295"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78300,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78295\/revisions\/78300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}